West Ashley High School, in Charleston, S.C., is changing the way it handles campus visitors with the installation of a new computer system, reports The Post and Courier. Different from the school’s old method of handling visitors, which was simply flashing your drivers license, the school now uses computerized system to run visitors’ names through […]

Dates: December 7 – 9, 2010 Location: Paris, France Venue: Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center URL: http://www.cartes.com Description: This is the event where decisions are taken on the future directions and on major trends in smartcard and contactless technologies (transactions, telecoms, services, transport). CARTES: The world leading show for banking technologies and e-transactions, with mobile payment […]

Dates: September 21 – 23, 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Venue: Tampa Convention Center URL: http://events.jspargo.com/biometrics10/ or http://www.biometrics.org/ Description: We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Biometric Consortium Conference and Biometric Technology Expo will be held again in the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL, USA on September 21 – 23, 2010. On-line attendee and housing […]

NuVision Networks, provider of one card system solutions, introduces the Tempest Reader for use in college and university campus card operations. The full touchscreen interface is navigated similar to the iPhone’s swipe interface and use an advanced Web-based design for easy update configurations from anywhere, making it unnecessary to go to each physical machine to […]

atsec information security, a laboratory for the GSA FIPS 201 Evaluation Program which runs a product approval program for PIV-related products, has announced the successful GSA FIPS 201 evaluation of four Codebench products. Codebench is the first company with solutions evaluated for GSA product categories Caching Status Proxy, PIV Authentication System, and CHUID Authentication System. […]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010” aimed at improving cybersecurity research, development and technical standards. The proposed law would create an office for a national coordinator for the networking and information technology research and development program. The law would also establish a program to develop and support identity management […]

The Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA) is beginning to register its employees for the implementation of a biometric system designed for ensuring transparency, accountability and efficiency for the ports. Among some of the specific intents behind the soon to be completed biometric database and the ensuing systems utilizing the data are a time and attendance […]